After the ISO is downloaded verify the MD5 (as described in the user guide).

Burn the ISO at low speed and enjoy Linux Mint 7.

Introduction to Linux Mint 7:

The 7th release of Linux Mint comes with numerous bug fixes and a lot of improvements. In particular the menu system, the application manager and the upload manager now provide new features such as “Suggestions”, “Featured applications”, “SCP and SFTP support”. The underlying base of the operating system was also strengthened with a new adjustment mechanism which makes Linux Mint more robust and less vulnerable to Ubuntu package upgrades, and the introduction of virtual and meta packages which simplify upgrade paths and the installation of multiple desktop environments.

For a detailed overview of the new features and improvements included in Linux Mint 7, please read What’s new in Gloria.

Introduction to the Universal Edition:

The Universal Edition is a customized version of the Main Edition with the following differences:

It comes with no codecs, no support for restricted formats and no proprietary components.

It features an extra item in the Sound & Video menu which launches the installation of all missing codecs via a built-in .mint file

It uses a text-based version of Grub instead of the graphical grub-gfxboot which comes with the Main Edition.

The purpose of the Universal Edition is to bring a localized live system to non-English speaking users of Linux Mint and to facilitate the distribution of Linux Mint in countries where software patents are enforceable.

System requirements:

A minimum of 512MB of RAM is recommended. Once installed the system works fine with as low as 256MB RAM. The installation process deals with 2.5GB of data compressed on a 700MB CD and it can hang or fail on systems with less than 512MB RAM. If you have between 256MB and 512MB RAM you may have to try to install several times.

Our partner on-disk.com ships Linux Mint 7 Worldwide for as little as $10. They also contribute $5.41 to Linux Mint for each CD/DVD sold.

Linux Mint 7 can be purchased as a liveCD/DVD, as a virtual machine or as a live media (Flash/SD/CF) from here.

Upgrade instructions:

To upgrade to Linux Mint 7 from Linux Mint 7 RC1, launch mintUpdate, enable the “dist-upgrade” option in the preferences window and refresh the list of upgrades. Make sure to apply all level 1 and level 2 upgrades. Among level 3 upgrades make sure to select gtk2-engines-aurora, gufw, smplayer, and nautilus-sendto.

An upgrade path for Linux Mint 6 “Felicia” users will be published in a few days.

Enjoy!

Have a lot of fun with “Gloria” and let us know what you think. Reviews will be answered and your feedback will be used to improve the distribution before the next release. We hope you enjoy this release as much as we enjoyed making it and we wish you a very nice experience with Linux Mint.

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YEAH! Finally an excuse to format the hard drive and install from scratch. I’m so looking forward to this… Last time I was waiting for a release date this eager, it was for the last Red Hot chili Peppers CD!

I tried it with ext4 but had a few lockups on the first day so have reverted back to ext3 and ok so far and definitely faster, I think I’ll do as exploder said and switch when ext4 is stable and becomes the default.

@Hoppy785 and also @BL – I am running Mint 7.0 since the day before yesterday (yeah I know I rushed and it WAS the final version) and I of course had the Intel 965 graphics problem. I found a link (googled “intel 965 issue jaunty” and followed the howto : I now have desktop cube, rotating cube, water effect with no lagging or jerky movements. I didn’t test anything else, but if you want to try, here’s the link : http://webupd8.blogspot.com/2009/05/graphic-video-drivers-ubuntu-repository.html

Can’t get this to work with unetbotin. I need the iso bootable so I can install it on a usb stick to put it on my Mini 9 netbook. Alas, it doesn’t find the kernel when it tries to boot from the usb stick. Any thoughts?

Is an upgrade from Mint7 RC Gloria identical to doing a clean install of this released version. I have the RC version running sweetly at the moment jf there are no disadvantages, I will go with the upgrade path ?

I know Clem and the team have made a wonderful job with this particular release, many things have been polished, lots of work involved. The overall performance enhancement makes LM7 a real alternative. I still use my old PIV 2,00 Ghz and Mint runs smooth as ever. Congratulations.

Could you consider adding the OEM installer to the next Universal Edition of Linux Mint? I imagine that for people who want to refurbish computers, install Mint, and distribute them, it would be very nice to have OEM install + no codecs.

Fantastic!! It’s so clean and shiny…very minty and exactly what I was hoping for – good work Clem and team

I have got a quick question…is there any way to stop the white box appearing around the “Menu” button? I am sure you know what I mean, it only has a white box around it once the menu has been used.
If that can be resolved the desktop will 100% perfect!

I can not get the update to work. I have followed your directions about checking the include dist-packages. When I refresh I get your system is up to date. I have been using rc1 since it was released and I have kept it updated so is my system really up to date? Thanks

Download and installed it on the hard drive, I had a small
problem with mintUpdate. Frozen on panel. When lauched from
menu, it did not work even. 3 steps done i fixed mintUpdate
to work nice again. Perhaps it is due to my hardware.
Core duo – chip/intel – nvidia graphics card off (driver 180)
For the rest of things i have checked till now, everything runs
very, very good and more delicious then i expected to be.

Great Job. Great Distro!
Thanks Clem, Husse, exploder and the whole Mint team.

I’m torrenting this (and will seed when it’s finished) right now… also, I’m awaiting the Fluxbox edition since I fell in love with that version back with Felicia, so I’ll be looking forward to that~ <3

Clem & all the team,
thanks a lot for this new release of my by far preferred Linux distro!

I am in doubt wether to wait for the upgrade path from Felicia or not, since the forer upgrade to Elyssa from Felicia lasted hours and thrashed my install… Do you think this can be a risk again? In that case, a fresh install and some program reinstall would be a minor evil…

i carry linux around with me.. got rid of all my U K X ubuntu cds..and just carry around mint 6 and 7 along with pclinuxos2009.1 kde/gnome editions, and crunchbang linux..
those are the best for “first timers”

While every release is a step up from the last, I feel like this release is a landmark one. It just feels like everything in Mint has reached a certain level of maturity. Congrats to everyone involved.

Been using Mint since 4 when I switched from MS XP, and every release has been a joy.
Can’t wait to get this one set up on my machine, I’m no expert but everything is so easy and hassle free and just works.
Thank you Mint team.
PS Also a big thank you to the forums, there has been one or two minor niggles, but so far nothing that can’t be solved.

Supereasy install, all the hardware was working perfectly from the start. Last time I tried Linux it was still a hassle to get the resolution right… this time: 1920x1200px from the first boot…one more reboot and the nvidia drivers were activated and all those beautiful effects working…

Really awesome stuff! Thx to a great release of mintlinux (and the latest ubuntu ;), too)

interesting that I installed M7 next to M6 and the install only gave me 2.5 gig space, anyway partitioned and moved space to give M7 25 gig. which was no probs. software manager freezes quite often(and have to force quit). loved that I could install straight from the cd/dvd instead of having to boot into desktop first. Mint is being designed for easy of use (for newbies) it would be good to have a check box (ala synaptic) so you could install the wanted software in one go instead of one at a time. I think it would just make things easier for newbies.still playing after 6 hours and the missus hasnt harassed me YET. I run a Pavillion dv4220tx laptop without any issues although I had to do a small tweak on my wireless network and had to install my mfc990cw wireless printer drivers from off brother website. excellent edition.

Congratulations on your great work. I tried Linux for the first time about 5 weeks ago, and have been using Felicia for about 3 weeks. I’m still amazed at what Felicia does. Won’t use MS Windows again other than for watching sports on ESPN360.

Same issues on the upgrade path with 7 RC1, enabled the dist-upgrade option, and refreshed the packages. Says I’m up to date, but the machine has been off since before 7 was released as stable…otherwise very very happy with this distro, and release.

Great work all team members I always loved Ubuntu, but Linux Mint is somethnig special ! No bugs 😀 Same minor problems with graphics but I guess it’s because I have ATI card I can’t remember when I booted to XP 😉
P.S. you should change the screenshots on the homepage of linux mint website, so that everyone can see how great it looks 😀

Hey Clem, Mint is getting better and better with the newcoming releases. And i like it very much. I’m using it since nov 08′.

Just one thing (that i can remember now :p). Judgin by the screenie of the top, i can see that the default font is Deja Vu. I’ve nothing against it but… the Deja Vu is a nice font for titles (windows’s title), but not for every thing. My advice, based on my experience on using nice (and non intrusive) font, is that we could use the very very nice Droid fonts by google. Maybe you could add it (like the nimbus theme :)) to the mint repos. And/Or install by default the sun-java6-fonts package, that comes with the extremely nice Lucida Sans. Well, i think that using one of those by everything (except the title) would be a small, but nice, improvement of the overall look.

Have to say that M7 is far and away the best available distro these days, one that’s virtually impossible to go wrong with. Clem and the crew did a fantastic job with this new version. It installed without so much as a hiccup on my Dell XPS410 desktop. Had to tweak the wireless connection, but that took only a minute or so and now I’m into hour two of exploring this latest and greatest version of Mint. All I can say is “WOW, what a great OS!” ..A big Thank You to everyone involved in seeing it through to completion!!

I’ve been using Mint on my main computer at work since Mint 5 and I love it! I haven’t been this excited about a new linux distro release in many years. Thanks for making such a solid, reliable, and polished distro that is much more than just a collection of packages. Keep up the good work, Clem!

Fantastic! I like to introduce friends and family to Linux whenever possible and Mint has been the perfect tool for the job since I started using it with the Mint 4 release. I’ve actually been tangibly excited for this release and I’m sure it will only make the ‘conversion’ process that much easier when showing people the ‘light’. Excellent job on the release and I can’t wait for it to finish downloading! Keep up the fantastic work on this distro of distros that caters perfectly to fresh blood and experienced users alike!

Downloaded version 7 today and rushed home to install it (after my girlfriend agreed to stay somewhere else so I could play uninterruptedly tonight) only to find I cannot upgrade from version 6 yet. Really disappointed about this and really hope I don’t have to download another ISO. I’m hoping it’s only the upgrade instructions that are still forthcoming……

I’m a huge Mint lover it’s a shame that it hangs up all the time on my UMPC which is Everex/Fic CE-260 with VIA 1.2 ghz processer , at least the previous Felicia worked on it (with some bugs but still).
Never mind the netbook! I’ll wait for my beloved Felicia’s upgrade instructions, which i’ve ran on my desktop quiet a bit.

I too are having difficulties upgrading from RC1 to the final release.
Nothing seems to change when checking the “include new dist-upgrade packages” under preferences!

Maybe the upgrades have already been deployed through normal updates?! I can’t really tell if I am still running RC1 or not..
I’ve tried to find out with “cat /etc/linuxmint/info” which gives the following.. States nothing abt RC1.. But it might never have?

If you see nothing in mintupdate it’s probably because you’re up to date already. If you want to make sure, head on to http://packages.linuxmint.com/#7main and check that the versions you have installed correspond to those shown on that website. From the terminal, to quickly get the version for a particular tool : “apt version packagename”, for instance “apt version mintmenu”.

Extraordinary! I have this old desktop with Ubuntu. I wished to install something else on it and found an ould Linux Mint 4 CD. Install went fine, ok, but I was unable to update/upgrade in Terminal. I then surfed to the Linux Mint website, to find that the brand new version was released today! How ‘s that!!! :o)

Installing on 256MB Ram (Old Thinkpad 600x) also works!
One has to choose the “direct install” option. Although a bit sticky when running it looks great! Up to now there is nothing that does not work correctly.

So whats happening with the 64bit release? Please let us know. Lots of comments on this and still not a peep from you guys. Great work, but I’ll stick to jaunty till the 64bit version comes out. Soon I hope

Clem and the Linux Mint Team – THANK YOU
Gloria is a wonderful release! I love the new mintmenu,the new themes & artwork and the even speedier boot up.can’t wait for the 64bit version for my desktop machine.

I see an awful lot of people asking questions that Clem answered in the forum two days ago. To that end I thought it would be helpful to post his answers here also.

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About the upgrade path from RC1:

If you see nothing in mintupdate it’s probably because you’re up to date already. If you want to make sure, head on to http://packages.linuxmint.com/#7main and check that the versions you have installed correspond to those shown on that website. From the terminal, to quickly get the version for a particular tool : “apt version packagename”, for instance “apt version mintmenu”.

About the upgrade path from Mint 6:

I have to be honest, Mint 7 is out, it’s the Champion’s League final tonight.. and Barcelona is playing, so I won’t be working on that tonight, I’ll go to the pub instead Now having said that, this will be my first priority and I won’t start anything else until the upgrade path for Mint 6 is tested and working well. I’m hoping it will be a simple matter of upgrading via APT. If it isn’t I’ll provide a tool to make the path trivial.

About the x64 edition:

Work on this edition will start after the Mint 6 upgrade path is finalized. I don’t expect much work for this edition as most of it was already ironed out for the Main Edition and it should be a simple matter of recompiling everything, porting things to that architecture and eventually testing everything again.

About me:

I mentioned a while back that I was taking some time away from my company. I’ll be off for 3 month starting on the 1st of June. So I should have much more time to look into things this summer. The donations and the money generated through advertisement are starting to pay and I’m getting more independent from my employer. These 3 months will be a test for me to see how things go without being paid, without going to work, and with being full time on the Linux Mint project itself. (I have to tell you, I just can’t wait for it)

other then the internet sometimes lagging and tomboy at shutdown this is by far a really good system and dont forget people this is just a begginning to whats to come because a stable ext4 will be even faster not to mention hopefully by that time i will have a phenom x4 amd LOL

Download took 3+hrs for Mint 7(gloria)coutesy of BT.Burnt a disc and found this system so intuative. Am new to all this,following retirement wanted interesting hobby/pastime that is not to physically demanding as am some what limited in that area. Was given a few old PC’s back in 2001 to see how could make use of them, Mostly P2 & P3 types, never seen one prior to then. Since have built a few PC’s using Win 98-Win 2000 & XP, tried Ubuntu 8.10 for a while that was great but this is GREATER!–Use Celeron 2.6GHz on old ATX board by Jetway,with AGP Nyvidia 4200ti etc. The writers have a real winner, can do all I need a system to do, Can be Very Proud of themselves- CONGRATULATIONS X 100 !

Hi Clem,
Gotta thank ya for an awesome distro… I mean Mint in general.
Been using Elysa for quite a while now. I like it very much, recommend it to all my friends.

I’m writing this from a live 7/Gloria disk… The video Won’t work properly on this version or 6 I’m using an old Acer Aspire 5000 AMD Turion 64 bit 1.6 GHz and 2 Gigs RAM… Do ya know what I have to do to make it work? It works well in Elysa.

I decided to install Mint7 clean as a dual boot with Windows XP. It picked up the music, video, pictures, and document folders from my WinXP and made them as if they’re native folders for Mint as well. Is this something new or has it been available from previous edition? Either way, this is a delightful feature for me.

I didn’t realize this until I opened up those folders on my brand new Mint7. I opened Rhythmbox and am now listening to my music collection.

My mom had several (virus/programme) issues with WinXP so I looked around for an easy Linux distribution for her PC. Now I installed Linux Mint on her PC yesterday, and we were amazed by the smoothness and user-friendliness of the system.

I got impressed by it so much that I installed Linux Mint on my own PC after several attempts with (X)Ubuntu over the past months. And for the fist time I actually got my CDROM player working out of the box.

@metamorphousthe, starting what up again? I did not see at top where Hebrew is mention, but now I see this. Sorry for to ask, English is not my best Language. Hebrew is more useful for some the work I do here in Israel, and I want try Linux Mint. Sorry for ask stupid question!

Like i once said, i couldn’t wait to get swept off my feet! The paramedics have to be called once again, because Linux Mint Gloria is finally knocking on my box! Someone call 10111 or 911
unloca ICT solutions “unlocking barriers” supports open source to the fullest!!! Come on South Africa switch to Open Source and discover the computing freedom and gain economical independence! Luwi Maluleke (South AFrica)

Tried the upgrade, but it wasn’t working, pretty sure i had messed up a few things in my old install of 6. Needed to start over again anyway. Fresh install, looks great. Now the customization starts again 😀

i am downloading it in this moment, but i’m worry about my documents when i install it, will they be erase or can i keep my old documents? or i will lose them? please somebody to help me! i do not have an external hard disk, you know cash problems.

Hi,
I found a “little” bug:
Enabling the “Hide Arrows” of a panel (I’m Italian, I read “Mostrare i pulsanti di riduzione” in the panel properties) I saw that them show as “white spaces”.
It’s not a real problem, them anyway works, but it “breaks” the beauty of this desktop…

Bought Mint-7 DVD universal version and tried to view as live boot. Took about twenty minutes to load and then locked up as soon as all the desktop appeared. I was hoping for better. My computer runs other major destros without difficulty. Better luck next time.

i am downloading it in this moment, but i’m worry about my documents when i install it, will they be erase or can i keep my old documents? or i will lose them? please somebody to help me! i do not have an external hard disk, you know cash problems.

I have the CD ISO with me, but last night when trying to install it i had a problem. Every step was fine but i could not pass the stage where they ask for my username, it says my username is invalid. I tried different usernames but still the installation refuses. Is there something that i’m missing here?

Hi, may be somebody know how to switch on the built-in camera & WiFi??
I have a notebook, the light for WiFi is on, but no such device in the system. For camera no any indication light (for windows is switch on/off by ¨Fn + F10¨) but no such device in the system too.
should I install any drivers? if yes where it can be found?

[…] behind Linux Mint has released the latest version of the light, simple, powerful operating system. Linux Mint Gloria is based on the newest version of Ubuntu and includes most of the updates and new features included […]

[…] Linux Mint 7 Clement Lefebvre and the community behind the Linux Mint project proudly announced last night on their official blog the immediate availability of the final release of the Linux Mint 7 (codename Gloria) operating system. Linux Mint 7 is based on Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) and it is powered by Linux kernel 2.6.28, X.org 7.4 and GNOME 2.26.1. Above all that, the 7th release of Linux Mint includes a brand new artwork, updated applications and many, many new breathtaking features. “The 7th release of Linux Mint comes with numerous bug fixes and a lot of improvements. In particular the menu system, the application manager and the upload manager now provide new features such as “Suggestions”, “Featured applications”, “SCP and SFTP support”. The underlying base of the operating system was also strengthened with a new adjustment mechanism which makes Linux Mint more robust and less vulnerable to Ubuntu package upgrades, and the introduction of virtual and meta packages which simplify upgrade paths and the installation of multiple desktop environments.” – said Clement Lefebvre in the official release announcement. […]

The 7th release of Linux Mint comes with numerous bug fixes and a lot of improvements. In particular the menu system, the application manager and the upload manager now provide new features such as “Suggestions”, “Featured applications”, “SCP…

[…] behind Linux Mint has released the latest version of the light, simple, powerful operating system. Linux Mint Gloria is based on the newest version of Ubuntu and includes most of the updates and new features included […]